Al Jazeera Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Skews Left

Reliability: Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting

Overview

Ad Fontes Media rates Al Jazeera (website) in the Skews Left category of bias and as Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting in terms of reliability. Al Jazeera (website) is a news organization funded in part by the government of Qatar. Launched in 1996 as a broadcast station “for the public benefit,” it is now a global network with bureaus in 70 locations around the world. Its television channels are broadcast in several languages, and its websites are published in both Arabic and English.

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for Al Jazeera (website) according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Reliability: 41.55

Bias: -6.65

Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst.

The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the sample content’s overall reliability score.

To determine sample content’s bias score, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting or analysis from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the content’s overall bias score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the Media Bias Chart®️ on the horizontal axis, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right. The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, propaganda and inaccurate/fabricated information.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 40 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-40 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between articles.

Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias.

Individual Content Sample Scores

These are the most recent content samples that Ad Fontes Media analysts have rated for this source.

Content Sample URL Bias Reliability
The housing crisis for the poor in India’s capital 0 45.33
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Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 131 -7.67 42
Turkey and Egypt aiming to extend diplomatic thaw at Cairo summit -4.33 40
Why is France revoking birthright citizenship in Mayotte? 0 38.33
Ukraine claims critical strike on Russian warship 1.33 43.33
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 722 0 45.33
US lawmakers impeach Biden’s immigration chief -0.67 44.33
Indonesians vote for a new president as Joko Widodo era comes to an end 0 45.33
India court overrules early release of 11 men in Bilkis Bano gang rape case -0.67 43.33
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 94 -2 41.33
Australia outlaws Nazi salute and hate symbols 0.67 41
Japan probes deadly Tokyo runway collision for negligence 0 45.33
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 89 -4.67 43.33
Photos: Ruin and desperation in Gaza as Israeli onslaught continues to rage -3.33 41
‘Turbulence’ hits India-US ties after Sikh separatist murder plot 0 45.33
Kenyan farmers battle toxic legacy of locust plague three years on 0 47.33
Japan earthquake updates: 7.6 temblor traps people in fallen homes 0 44
Palestinian men are not ‘terrorists in the making’ -21 21.33
Liverpool vs Newcastle United 4-2: Premier League – as it happened 0 41
US, China top military officials hold first talks in more than a year 0 44.33
After bumpy recovery, China’s economy faces serious headwinds in 2024 0 45.33
Day of mourning declared after 14 killed in Prague mass shooting 0 45.33
US court revives Nirvana album cover lawsuit 0 43
Feted abroad, ignored at home: The story of Mami Wata’s voyage to Oscars 0 44.33

 

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